Not exact matches
Learning how to cook
kale is important because it's a bit different
than other leafy
greens.
I sure have been creative with the
green drinks for the last week, some more successful
than others, one morning I ended up with a porridge like
kale freak show, very interesting....
:) and if u do want a myriad
other ways to cook
greens which take less
than 40 minutes, keep well and yet taste like you have spent half the day in the kitchen (i do nt know about
kale, but spinach and chard definitely, we can write to each
other 1:1) as a bonus, most of the recipes are vegan too!
To keep:
kale is sturdier
than other greens so it holds up well in the fridge for a couple of days, even when dressed.
I have a huge bag of
kale in my fridge which needs immediate attention and I couldn't think of anything
other than green smoothies.
Just dropping in to share the kind of recipe you, too, might make if you found yourself on a Thursday with a reasonably well stocked pantry, a lot of
kale (or
other greens you picked up at the farmers» market back on Saturday), and two sweet Italian sausages that you bought from the very same farmers» market for way too many dollars and which are threatening to go bad if you don't find a way to integrate them into this week's meal plan, a meal plan that has already incorporated more meat
than you really like to eat.
It's flexible, too — use a different grain if you'd like (this is adapted from a rice dish in Vegan Express); use a different
green other than bok choy (
kale would work); and if you can't find edamame or prefer not to use these tasty
green soybeans, substitute
green peas.
To keep:
kale is sturdier
than other greens so it holds up pretty well in the fridge for a day or two, even when dressed.
Add the
other greens for the last half hour, since they're far more delicate
than the
kale.
Sure, kids can get calcium from sources
other than milk, but the best non-dairy calcium sources are things like canned fish with bones and skin (like sardines or salmon), white beans, turnip
greens, and
kale — not exactly kid favorites, and children would have to be eating these foods in sufficient quantities three times a day, every day, to get the same amount of calcium as they get from milk.
It's probably lacking in the spice / heat department (although the salad dressing contains garlic) but
other than that, we have the sweet (honey in dressing), savoury (dandelion
greens / avocado /
kale / pecans) and sour (citrus dressing and grapefruit covered), making for one fully palette - balanced meal!
«One of the world's leading bio-energetic doctors Professor Dr Valerie Hunt tested sprouted foods at UCLA in the 1970's and found that on average that sprouts like alfalfa, clover, broccoli (yes, the sprout is far more nutritious
than the fully grown vegetable), sesame, sunflower, lentil, mung, adzuki, soy, fenugreek, and
other soil-less sprouts are roughly 10 times as nutritious as the best freshly picked organic
green vegetables such as broccoli,
kale, and spinach.»
Greens (
other than spinach): Beet
Greens;
Kale; Chard; Bok Choy; Cabbage; Dandelion
Greens; Sprouts (aka — sunflower sprouts, beet sprouts,
kale sprouts, etc..)
The next evening we enjoyed the fresh spring
greens and crisp
kale in a salad that paid us well for our hard work the night before and reminded us of a promise to enjoy this summer more
than any
other.
You can use much less
than if you were using
kale or
other greens, because they're so concentrated.